CMLL 60th Anniversary Show
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 Atlantis, won the mask of Mano Negra | |||
| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date | October 1, 1993[1] | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | ||
| Venue | Arena México[1] | ||
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The CMLL 60th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on October 1, 1993 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of four matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match, between Atlantis defeated Mano Negra where the loser would be forced to unmask. The show featured an additional Lucha de Apuesta match, this one under "Hair vs. hair" stipulations as Negro Casas faced La Fiera. The show also featured two Six-man tag team matches. The show may have featured more than four matches but no records have been found of additional matches.[1] The event commemorated the 60th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.
Production
Background
The 1993 CMLL Anniversary Shows commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Mexican professional wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) holding their first show on September 22, 1933 by promoter and founder Salvador Lutteroth.[2] CMLL, originally known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Company"; EMLL) it would change its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 1992 to signal their departure from the National Wrestling Alliance.[3] With the sales of the Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988 CMLL became the oldest, still-operating wrestling promotion in the world.[3] Over the years CMLL has on occasion held multiple shows to celebrate their anniversary but since 1977 the company has only held one annual show, which is considered the biggest show of the year, CMLL's equivalent of WWE's WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event. CMLL has held their Anniversary show at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico since 1956, the year the building was completed, over time Arena México earned the nickname "The Cathedral of Lucha Libre" due to it hosting most of CMLL's major events since the building was completed.[3] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[3]
Storylines
The event featured five professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results
| No. | Results[1][6] | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaque Mate, Kahoz and Javier Cruz defeated Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata and El Brazo) by disqualification | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
| 2 | El Dandy, La Sombra[Note 1] and Oro defeated Dr. Wagner Jr., Emilio Charles Jr. and Sangre Chicana | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
| 3 | Vampiro Canadienese, Pegasus Kid and King Haku defeated Mocho Cota, Pierroth Jr. and Black Magic by disqualification | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
| 4 | Negro Casas defeated La Fiera | Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match[4][5] |
| 5 | Atlantis defeated Mano Negra | Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match[4][5] |
Footnotes
References
- ^ a b c d e "60th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. October 1, 1993. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
- ^ a b c d Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ a b "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ^ a b Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "1992 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 10, 1993. pp. 2–28. issue 2072.